I've always been a big fan of Yakky Doodle, the manipulative little duck (with the funny voice provided by Jimmy Wheldon) who starred in his own weekly segments on "The Yogi Bear Show."
In "Mixed Nutz," Yakky remains cute and adorable...but we also see Yakky's dark side. And we come to realize that Yakky is not just manipulative -- he's actually a sinister supervillain!
Look closely and you'll find Yakky's angry visage as one of the heavies pictured in this poster (below) for a "Mixed Nutz" parody of James Bond, starring Bugs Bunny.
In "Mixed Nutz," we see how different cartoon characters interact with each other.
For instance, Yakky is a huge fan of Tweety Bird. He idolizes the Oscar-winning canary, and is constantly peppering the Warner Bros. cartoon star with fanboy questions and requests.
Tweety tries to be accommodating, but the non-stop-chattering duck is relentless and ultimately very annoying. Bottom line: Tweety doesn't like being upstaged and out-"cuted" by the pint-sized duck. As far as Tweety is concerned, there's room on "Mixed Nutz" for only one adorable yellow bird...which means, as Tweety puts it, "the poor widdle ducky" has to "faw down and go BOOM!!"
Immediately.
More to come...
You, Sir, have just taken two dreams of mine and have merged into one - Tweety relenting being upstaged and Yakky showing a dark side.
ReplyDeleteVery good stuff 8-)
One thought comes to mind, though, having seen all these now: would both WB and HB cast be redesigned to accommodate their shared universe (not as drastic, obviously) or would they best be left alone?
Good question. I think experimentation would be worthwhile to decide that.
ReplyDeleteTweety once was my favorite cartoon caracter :)
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